Type Public School Principal Garry Simmons Campus Geraldton Phone +61 8 9965 8400 Motto The Seeker Finds | Established 1939 Enrolment 758 (2012) Colour(s) Maroon, Gold and Navy Number of students 758 (2012) Founded 1939 | |
Address Carson Terrace, PMB 10100, Geraldton WA 6530, Australia Similar Nagle Catholic College, Geraldton Residential College, Geraldton Grammar School, John Willcock College, Geraldton Primary School | ||
Geraldton senior college
Geraldton Senior College is a comprehensive public high school located in Geraldton, a regional centre 424 kilometres (263 mi) north west of Perth, Western Australia.
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The school was established in 1939 as Geraldton Senior High School and catered for students from Year 8 to 12. The school became a senior college in 1997 and now caters for students from Year 10 to 12.
Students attend Year 8 to 9 at John Willcock College and then generally carry on to attend Geraldton Senior College.
Enrolments at the school were 1052 in 2007, 941 in 2008, 925 in 2009, 858 in 2010, 876 in 2011 and 758 in 2012.
The school has produced one Rhodes scholar: Geoff Gallop (1972).
A long-standing competitor in the Country Week sporting carnival, the school has won many A division titles including boys' basketball in 2006, boys' football in 2005, boys' hockey in 2005, girls' basketball from 2005 to 2007.
The school was extensively vandalised in 2007 with several windows being smashed around the campus in 2007.
The school is currently involved in the Solid Kids, Solid Schools, Solid Families program, which is designed to prevent bullying in Yamaji children.